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A Darker Shade of Blue

John Harvey

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John Harvey has been described as the master of British crime and in A Darker Shade of Blue he has...

Death is a Welcome Guest

Louise Welsh

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Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Magnus McFall was a comic on the...

Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Fast Five (2011) in Movies

Jun 15, 2021

Fast Five (2011)

2011 | Action, Drama, Mystery

8.1

(14 Ratings)

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Following on directly from 'Fast and Furious (4)' and still before 'Tokyo Drift', Dom, Brian and Mia are on the run after breaking Dom out of prison. When they cross the path of a Brazilian drug baron and with an FBI agent on there trail they need to get the family back together for (another) one last job.
Fast and Furious 5 (Fast 5) has taken the franchise from 'cops and robbers' and high school racing to a Heist movie and is bigger with more guns, more cars and more action.
With Brian now on Dom's team the franchise needs a new cop and, in Fast 5 this roll is given to Hobbs, played by Dwayne(the Rock) Johnson. Hobbs is more of an action guy than Brian was which leads to longer fight scenes and more shoot outs.
The end chase is one of the better one's I've seen with a huge amount of collateral damage.
Fast 5 shows that the franchise is getting bigger and better and it will be interesting to see where where it goes next.

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Dean (6926 KP) rated The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) in Movies

Jun 17, 2021 (Updated Jun 17, 2021)

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

2021 | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.8

(13 Ratings)

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Cast chemistry between the leads (1 more)

Very funny at times

Very silly thin plot (1 more)

Not as good as the first film

Not AAA rated but still fun

Back again for more blood, bullets and OTT action. Thankfully with quite a lot of the humor as well from the first film.
The plot is rather silly but it doesn't get much attention other than to serve up plenty of scenes with the lead trio going all guns blazing and with plenty of quick fire gags. Definitely not a film to be taken seriously.
We have a whistle-stop tour all around Italy as they take on many bad guys trying to bring Europe to its knees.
A bigger cast and bigger action scenes but ultimately its not quite got the fun of the original. That worked better with Reynolds and Jackson playing off each other. With a 3rd main character this time, it has a different dynamic.
Still with plenty of laughs and one you'll enjoy if you liked the first film.